The Water People by Vénus Khoury-Ghata, trans. by Marilyn Hacker
PBS Autumn Translation Choice 2022 Alexander Tvardovsky it looks forward

it looks forward

delight and challenge readers of poetry with its open-eyed love of life and language

which is the taste of true poetry

attempt to contain what spills over

These poems contain the uncontainable

The Water People by Vénus Khoury-Ghata, trans. by Marilyn Hacker <br> <b> PBS Autumn Translation Choice 2022</b> Alexander Tvardovsky it looks forwardVnus Khoury Ghata is an outstanding figure in contemporary literature, with a prolific output in both poetry and prose. She is celebrated for her immersive landscapes and folkloric narratives, drawn from her upbringing in Lebanon but expressed in the language of France, where she has lived since 1972. In Khoury Ghatas poetry, Arabic and French literary traditions merge like water from the river and the waterfall. Her mesmeric sequences plunge us into